로그인Melinda, the overlooked daughter of an Alpha family, grows up fighting for recognition in a home that never chooses her. Strong and unyielding, she refuses to become the obedient wife everyone expects. After betrayal shatters her trust, a reckless night leaves her bound by a rare and irreversible fate — she is marked by her fated mate and she is determined to hide. But when she enters the royal palace to chase her dream of becoming a royal guard, she crosses paths with Prince Kai, the kingdom’s most powerful Alpha… and the man searching for his missing fated mate. As secrets close in and her identity teeters on the edge of exposure, Melinda must decide—will she keep her secret and become the warrior she was born to be, or will she claim her place as the kingdom’s most exalted Luna Queen?
더 보기Melinda’s POVThe next day, Stephanie officially joined the class of interns, which meant it probably wasn’t a coincidence that it was also their first day of etiquette lessons.I had spent the evening before going over the curriculum with a growing sense of dread. We were to learn perfect posture and be able to recite noble genealogy. We were to have impeccable table manners (Who knew there were so many different types of spoons?) and be able to serve in the French, Russian, American, and family styles. We were to be able to dance in several ballroom genres, including the waltz, the two-step, and the tango.We were to speak well and know just what topics were and weren’t acceptable in various situations. We were to learn the basics of giving a speech and proposing a toast. We were to know how to match foods and wines, how to serve tea, how to behave on social media, and how to have our photo taken.It made my head spin.For some reason, manners involving food took priority, and we me
Melinda POVThere was actually something refreshing in Vera’s newly open hostility. There was no more pretense at tolerance, and when we met each other for a match that I easily won, Vera sneered and called me a kiss-up who had probably traded my body for fencing lessons.I just laughed. “Too bad you’re not as good with a sword as you are with that mouth.”Seeing me in Vera’s poor favor and after the punishments from the day before, everyone steered clear of me. Unlike the others who easily traded sparring partners, I kept having to find someone who hadn’t been matched.Beta Posset noticed, however, and shouted at us to stop being precious little omegas.“Losers go to the right, winners to the left!” he ordered. “I see you skip someone you don’t want to lose to, it’s a demerit.”My next partner was a skilled swordsman, and though I was irritated at myself for losing the round, I knew I had learned a great deal from the encounter. My end-of-round salute was respectful.“Melinda,” I sai
Kay’s POVI wasn’t thrilled I had to order Posset to give Vera and Melinda three days of duty in the stables as punishment for the incident, but the intern manual, website, and honor code all spelled it out quite clearly: internal fighting by members of the Royal Guard was not allowed.I watched as Vera’s expression changed, and I knew she was regretting the little show of heroism I knew full well she’d only put on for my benefit. Melinda’s face was impassive. If anything, she looked a little relieved by my sentencing of her punishment. Did I think she was going to be kicked out for defending Susan, an Omega kitchen maid?“Well, I must beg of you not to let this ruin the day,” my fated mate said, and I turned to Stephanie with a smile, impressed anew at her poise and beauty. I really had lucked out with her in the looks department, even though she wasn’t my usual type, somewhat vapid, though I didn’t blame them for it. The world demanded little of beautiful people except that they sta
Melinda POVStephanie looked, in a word, resplendent. With her high-piled bun and flawless skin, she had always shone in powder pink, and her floor-length, sleeveless dress was accented with tastefully applied diamonds. Next to her, Prince Kai almost looked like an accessory, though an incredibly impressive one.Everyone went silent and stared. Kai nodded in satisfaction, and I could feel Stephanie’s smugness like a cold front sweeping down from the mountains. I met her eyes just briefly, flashing with contempt, before she smiled winningly at the gathering.“This is my fated mate,” Kai told them. “Stephanie Hobbs of the Hobbs Pack, daughter of Alpha Caleb Hobbs. After her three months of training with you, she will be wed to me and become your Luna.”There was a beat, then Beta Vincent raised his sword. “Hail and well met, Stephanie Hobbs!”“Hail and well met,” all the trainees repeated, though I could only mouth the words. I didn’t understand. How was Stephanie Kai’s fated mate? How
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